Seroprevalence and correlates of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B and C virus among intrapartum patients in Kabul, Afghanistan

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages 119-

  Todd, Catherine S ^a   Ahmadzai, Malalay ^b   Atiqzai, Faridullah ^c   Miller, Suellen ^d   Smith, Jeffrey M ^e   Ghazanfar, Syed Alef Shah ^d   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c Ministry of Public Health   (Afghanistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e JHPIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAPARTUM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC PATIENT; SEROPREVALENCE; SPOUSE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 53349171303     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-8-119     Document Type: Article

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